2.1 List 7 factors why slavery was important in the 18th century.

Here are the factors based on Source 2B:

2.2.1 List 7 factors why slavery was important in the 18th century.
Based on Source 2B, the following factors can be identified regarding the importance of slavery and reasons for its use in the 18th century:

1. The Atlantic slave trade in the 18th century represented a new kind of slavery.
2. It operated on a scale much greater than ever before.
3. The British played a major part in this trade.
4. West Indian plantation owners increasingly turned to enslaved African people for labour.

Source 2B does not provide 7 distinct factors for why slavery was important in the 18th century.